Cambodia - Winter 2023

Who was on the team? SCC member trained thru Global Eyeglass Ministry and sent under the leadership of Global Surge. SCC supports two Global Surge missionary couples. It was exciting to be part of what God is doing. This was our first team to Cambodia, a primarily Buddhist nation. Global Surge is all about discipleship and urban church planting.

The purpose of the trip was evangelism. Our free eyeglass clinics, offered by the local missionaries with Global Surge, were either used for helping a new church launch or helping an existing church reach out in their communities. One clinic was conducted at a school.

Every person who comes to the clinic receives love and care by eye testing. Many are matched to prescription eyewear from our inventory. And ALL have the gospel shared with them. Serving them is not conditioned on whether they accept Christ or not. After the clinic, the local pastor follows up with all persons who came to connect them with the church and to talk more about the gospel if they haven’t heard it.

Our teams conducted six clinics. We saw 768 patients and 316 indicated professions of faith. All of them will be followed up.

During our time also we visited a youth outreach and a local church Sunday morning for worship. We stayed at a hotel and also had a half day of touring to understand local culture and history which was greatly affected by the Khmer Rouge.

Come with us next time. Serving this way is awesome, and stretched out faith.